This book is highly reminiscent of All Quiet on the Western Front, but it has a slightly different tone, despite it's similar view of war and dark side of WWI. It takes a look at the French side, but also has a sense of hope and goodness of the soldiers. Yes, war is evil, but so many soldiers are brave and loyal. The book is told from a first person perspective of a WWI soldier, and follows both his experiences and the experiences he hears of other soldiers. I really enjoyed the book, despite it's dark content.